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of deficit. that's the trade balance figures for february for japan. let's have a look at the opening levels for the nikkei and the topix. let me just remind viewers that before we broke off the nikkei went through a pretty volatile two days. due to uncertainties over the bailout plan and it gained 247 points on tuesday as the yen resumed its weakening friend against the euro and the dollar. it's up again today. we pretty much wiped out the losses from monday. we're in the positive so far. >> what can you tell us about currency levels? where do we stand this morning? >> the yen resumes its weakening trend and the euro a big focus are now at the lower 124 yen levels. 124.14 to 17. this banking issue overshadows. it's rebounded. traders really taking a bet it will have less of an impact than originally thought earlier this week. i'm talking about monday. investors will be looking to see european pmi data. let's bring up the dollar/yen. that's trading right at the upper 95 yen levels. just weakening
of deficit. that's the trade balance figures for february for japan. let's have a look at the opening levels for the nikkei and the topix. let me just remind viewers that before we broke off the nikkei went through a pretty volatile two days. due to uncertainties over the bailout plan and it gained 247 points on tuesday as the yen resumed its weakening friend against the euro and the dollar. it's up again today. we pretty much wiped out the losses from monday. we're in the positive so far....
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the sequester continues but paul ryan and the president met today for lunch to hammer out a possible deficit deal before the looming continued budget resolution vote on march 27. [laughter] shut up. [laughter] shut up you stupid boring news. [ laughter ] look, i'm not going to lie to you, folks. old steve with a c is tired. it's my last show before a two-week break. i'm barely holding it together. cards on the table i could give two (bleep) about the noise right now. -- about the news right now. no, that's not right. that's way too much 1.5 (bleep) tops. you know what i want to talk about? do you want to know what i want to talk about? i want to talk about the bachelor. [cheers and applause] i love that show. i love that show. i mean i just -- every time i watch it it's just daddy time, you know? i pour myself a glass of chardonnay and i am off to a land of romance. [ laughter ] and, look, don't be a hater because in 16 seasons -- [laughter] -- 16 seasons one guy has gotten married to the runner up after he initially proposed to a different girl. so the system works. [ laughter ] mmmmm, oh.
the sequester continues but paul ryan and the president met today for lunch to hammer out a possible deficit deal before the looming continued budget resolution vote on march 27. [laughter] shut up. [laughter] shut up you stupid boring news. [ laughter ] look, i'm not going to lie to you, folks. old steve with a c is tired. it's my last show before a two-week break. i'm barely holding it together. cards on the table i could give two (bleep) about the noise right now. -- about the news right...
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don't want to hear more talk about needing more resources at a time when we're running massive debt and deficits. woof h we've got to get a handle on this and do it. >> and dig deeper, and gilligan's island and "star trek," it's probably beverly hillbillies, and green acres. the first thing with the studio, put it up on the auction block. i don't know why the irs needs a studio, they're not a movie business, they're in the tax collection business, but good luck, sir. >> that's right. and certainly. >> go ahead. >> the question as it whether others have these kinds of studios as well. >> greta: i bet if you dig deeper you'll find more things. we've certainly found a lot of things in the gsa and other places. good luck and i hope you have a lot of good fortune getting this money back or at least stopping the irs from doing this. thank you, sir. >> thank you, greta. great to be with you. >> and you can see the entire "star trek" video that you paid for, whether you wanted to or not. on gretawire.com. go to gretawire.com and tell us what you think about the irs spending your money on "star trek," gi
don't want to hear more talk about needing more resources at a time when we're running massive debt and deficits. woof h we've got to get a handle on this and do it. >> and dig deeper, and gilligan's island and "star trek," it's probably beverly hillbillies, and green acres. the first thing with the studio, put it up on the auction block. i don't know why the irs needs a studio, they're not a movie business, they're in the tax collection business, but good luck, sir. >>...
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make sure we have deficit reduction but don't cut too much too fast. take for scamel the sequestration. 700,000 american jobs will be lost. h is not the right time to do it. we have to phase this in and sequence it so we have economic growth and americans paying taxes. that really helps us recover. >> chris: senator corker, democrats and you just heard this sort of from dirk durbin but i heard it in more extreme forms from other democrats say it is more important to have economic growth than to deal with the national debt. your response? >> i think we should have economic growth and obviously we would like to see that happen and i think reducing the deficit helps cre create econoc growth. look, i think it is ridiculous to say that cutting $1.2 trillion over the next decade when we will spend $47 trillion of your money is a step too far. of course, we need to do that. and on top of that we need to build towards the entitlement reforms which obviously are creating the huge dent down the road. i think it was disappointing to all of us to have the presiden
make sure we have deficit reduction but don't cut too much too fast. take for scamel the sequestration. 700,000 american jobs will be lost. h is not the right time to do it. we have to phase this in and sequence it so we have economic growth and americans paying taxes. that really helps us recover. >> chris: senator corker, democrats and you just heard this sort of from dirk durbin but i heard it in more extreme forms from other democrats say it is more important to have economic growth...
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deficit and it will cut into the chinese surplus. and you ask the average economist for the last three or four years before the crisis, during the crisis, after the crisis, what's the global economic problem, number one, the answer probably isn't microimbalances. trade surplus in the u.s., trade surplus and china. what i didn't know is that still more than half of the u.s. deficit of goods and services is energy imports. >> and that's going to go away? >> as things are going, that might be going away. at the same time, china surplus will suffer from the tracing of independence of china. >> that's strong dollar weak yuan. becky. >> just an observation. >> first, tight oil, i haven't heard of this before. i know where the marcellus shale fields are. where is tight oil? is it in the same sort of locations? >> same. traditionally, coming out of gas yields because of this huge different between gas and oil prices. which went up from almost zero to more than a million barrels per day now within five years time. >> does cyprus have any oil?
deficit and it will cut into the chinese surplus. and you ask the average economist for the last three or four years before the crisis, during the crisis, after the crisis, what's the global economic problem, number one, the answer probably isn't microimbalances. trade surplus in the u.s., trade surplus and china. what i didn't know is that still more than half of the u.s. deficit of goods and services is energy imports. >> and that's going to go away? >> as things are going, that...
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school system as schools across the country continue to struggle with failing students facing record deficits. new jersey governor chris christie called school supers arrogant and greedy,but when new jersey tried to cap super pay, the school school superintendents sided the cap by double dipping, retiring early to pocket the pensions, and then they got rehired elsewhere as school administrators or consultants. in new jersey, one retire 18 years ago, but got rehired 23 times since as a school administrator elsewhere pocketing $1.2 million, and double dips is rampant in ohio too. back to you. gerri: great story. thanks, liz. on to farmers. they are getting paydays for the land. it's part of what some call another golde age for farming. with more on this, host of u.s. farm report. john, thanks for being with us. great to haveou on the show, now, this story surprised me because i thought the drought killed you all, and hear that farmland is on fire, and, in fact, some investment banks out there try to snap up as african as they can, i was surprised by that. what's going on? >> well, it's not quit
school system as schools across the country continue to struggle with failing students facing record deficits. new jersey governor chris christie called school supers arrogant and greedy,but when new jersey tried to cap super pay, the school school superintendents sided the cap by double dipping, retiring early to pocket the pensions, and then they got rehired elsewhere as school administrators or consultants. in new jersey, one retire 18 years ago, but got rehired 23 times since as a school...
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and would do little to cut spending or the deficit. four democrats mark pryor of arkansas, kay haigen of north carolina, mark baggich of alaska and max bachus of montana all up for reelection in november joined senate republicans who voted against it. even though the margin was close senate leaders were praising colleagues for a job well done. >> i know everyone is exhausted. and you may not feel it at the moment but this is one of the senate's finest days in recent years and i commend everyone who has participated in this extraordinary debate. >> first of all, over the last two decades the average budget resolution considered 78 amendments. we have done 101. average vote 37 amendments we have done twice as many. doing this has been herculean feat. >> harris: next the senate must reconcile the budget with a plan passed by republicans. now, context showing how differently the plans would deal with the economy. the senate plan calls for $46.5 trillion in spending, nearly $5 trillion more than the house plan and more revenue an additional
and would do little to cut spending or the deficit. four democrats mark pryor of arkansas, kay haigen of north carolina, mark baggich of alaska and max bachus of montana all up for reelection in november joined senate republicans who voted against it. even though the margin was close senate leaders were praising colleagues for a job well done. >> i know everyone is exhausted. and you may not feel it at the moment but this is one of the senate's finest days in recent years and i commend...
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it would cut the deficit by $4.5 million. the plan will likely never become law because of opposition. >>> politicians are scrambling to restructure the most troubled bank. people are rushing to get cash from atms and the bank put a cap on daily withdrawals. they have given them till monday to raise the money they need to secure a bill out and if they don't have the money by the deadline the european central bank will cut off its emergency support which would throw them into financial chaos. the turmoil had an effect on wall street today. the dow is down 90 to 14,421. the nasdaq is down 31 at 3,222. the s&p is down 12 to 1,545. unexpected weak sales resulted from oracle also factored in. >>> the prime minister of australia apologized to unwed mothers. >> she spoke before hundreds of people, many who were in tears. she pledged $5 million to help reunite mothers with children taken from them decades ago. it was thought to be in the best interest of the children. >>> a group is coming out in support of gay marriage for the first
it would cut the deficit by $4.5 million. the plan will likely never become law because of opposition. >>> politicians are scrambling to restructure the most troubled bank. people are rushing to get cash from atms and the bank put a cap on daily withdrawals. they have given them till monday to raise the money they need to secure a bill out and if they don't have the money by the deadline the european central bank will cut off its emergency support which would throw them into financial...
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yeah, the deficit is an issue. it's not the number one issue. >> why, boehner do that? we don't have an immediate debt crisis. you would see that in the market, right? so baner er isboehner is sayin. it is against what he's been saying which is the debt is a problem. why did he do that? >> he said we need to address it over the long term. that means taking steps now. but here's the thing, he is actually opening the possibility that republicans move to more favorable ground because right now the problem is that republicans are emphasizing have been emphasizing root canal economics, only fiscal austerity rather than a more positive agenda. by conceding the point that we don't have an immediate debt crisis, then can you raise some questions. so for example, senator patty murray said let's get rid of the loopholes and deductions. now republicans say, sure, let's do that. instead of sending money to washington, let's make the child tax credit bigger. let's offer middle class tax relief. let's do things that actually put pressure on the spending that president obama wants but
yeah, the deficit is an issue. it's not the number one issue. >> why, boehner do that? we don't have an immediate debt crisis. you would see that in the market, right? so baner er isboehner is sayin. it is against what he's been saying which is the debt is a problem. why did he do that? >> he said we need to address it over the long term. that means taking steps now. but here's the thing, he is actually opening the possibility that republicans move to more favorable ground because...
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but i have to tell you, wolf, we can't keep running up deficits like this. it will damage the economy deeply. people say we don't have a crisis on the horizon, of course we do. we have a debt on a tear. if the debt takes off like it is projected to do so, it is not only hurting our economy today, it is destroying it for the next generation. we can't sit around and be complicit with that. the problem is we have to do something about that. >> one final question. senator rand paul was here yesterday in "the situation room," 24 hours ago. he said flatly he is going to iowa the next few weeks, seriously thinking of running for the republican presidential nomination in 2016. thinks it is a good idea for him. what about you? >> i am going to make my mind up later. the reason i need to do this job, i am chairman of the budget committee, we have a crisis on the horizon, we need agreements done, i don't think it is good for me or wisconsin district or my colleagues to cloud my judgment at this time with other things. i need to do what i think is right in this moment,
but i have to tell you, wolf, we can't keep running up deficits like this. it will damage the economy deeply. people say we don't have a crisis on the horizon, of course we do. we have a debt on a tear. if the debt takes off like it is projected to do so, it is not only hurting our economy today, it is destroying it for the next generation. we can't sit around and be complicit with that. the problem is we have to do something about that. >> one final question. senator rand paul was here...
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speaker, our real deficit is unemployment. let's eliminate this true deficit by bringing the president's american jobs act to the floor for a vote. it deserves a vote. mr. speaker, our mantra should be jobs, jobs, jobs. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from indiana is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor an exceptional hoosier, dedicated public servant and a good friend of mine, martin. a man with a strong desire to help others and a man who has been a tremendous asset to the eighth district of indiana. martin has dedicated over 40 years of service to indiana, the eighth district, and to the republican party. he's currently serving his fourth term in elected office as county treasurer. he worked with many civic organizations and within the republican party, committee chairman and member of the eighth district central comm
speaker, our real deficit is unemployment. let's eliminate this true deficit by bringing the president's american jobs act to the floor for a vote. it deserves a vote. mr. speaker, our mantra should be jobs, jobs, jobs. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from indiana is recognized for one minute. >> mr....
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if the sequester stays in you've got over 3 1/2 trillion dollars of deficit reduction already so we don't have an immediate crisis in terms of debt. in fact for the next ten years it's in sustainable place. >> we do not have an immediate debt crisis, but we all know we have one looming. >> greta: turns out a majority of americans disagree with the president and the speaker of the house. a new poll showing, a fox poll, that 68% of americans describe the national debt as an immediate problem. only 27% say the debt can be handled in the future. mayor, what do you think? the speaker and the president don't think it's an immediate problem? >> i think the american people are far better economists than the people in washington. the reality we do have a serious debt problem. it's been accumulating now for four or five years. under obama it's been accumulating at massive amounts and there's no serious plan about cutting it. the numbers he was talking about, the cuts, many of which really aren't cuts at all, actually, he hasn't cut anything. he's reduced to some extent the rate of increase, but he
if the sequester stays in you've got over 3 1/2 trillion dollars of deficit reduction already so we don't have an immediate crisis in terms of debt. in fact for the next ten years it's in sustainable place. >> we do not have an immediate debt crisis, but we all know we have one looming. >> greta: turns out a majority of americans disagree with the president and the speaker of the house. a new poll showing, a fox poll, that 68% of americans describe the national debt as an immediate...
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yes, we have to address our debt and deficit. and we have to build for the future so that our children grow up in the same vibrant leading world that we grew up in, with a country that's leading the way. but we can't do that by breaking a promise that we made to our parents and grandparents. we can't do that on the backs of seniors taking care away from them when they need it the most. this has to be bipartisan, because how we treat our elders, how we treat our parents and grandparents is a direct reflection of who we are as americans. we need to start talking about his in a bipartisan way. need to shelf the idea of dismantling medicare and strengthening medicare, making it more secure so it is there not only for today's seniors, but it is there for the generation. that it is there for our children and grandchildren. it is a system that works extremely well. yes, we have to talk about the costs of health care. we have to address the costs of health care. but medicare isn't the problem. medicare works extremely well. ask any senio
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we could get out of our deficits, we could save social security, medicare and have an economic growth boom that we haven't seen in a long time. >> california alone in one shale oil field has 100 billion barrels of oil. that is california. >> sean: how stupid, we are a stupid country. we're stupid because we allow the government-- why are you looking at me. >> i'm agreeing with you. >> sean: we're a stupid country. >> we need to get out of our own way, but this is a little bit after small detail, but a very important one for business and for america to understand. last week, one of the rules of the obama administration put out was to say that if you're going forward with any sort of project you're going to have to tell us how much carbon that will put out into the-- so it's called the nipa analysis and that's like putting a ten pound weight on everybody's ankle. >> sean: that's a hundred pound weight. >> it sounds like a minor bureaucratic detail, but it will strangle-- >> you guys will weigh in and i hope you'll pick a fight with you here. i've got to tell you, dana, they're not doing
we could get out of our deficits, we could save social security, medicare and have an economic growth boom that we haven't seen in a long time. >> california alone in one shale oil field has 100 billion barrels of oil. that is california. >> sean: how stupid, we are a stupid country. we're stupid because we allow the government-- why are you looking at me. >> i'm agreeing with you. >> sean: we're a stupid country. >> we need to get out of our own way, but this is a...
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school officials say they face a projected $1 billion deficit next year so they say the move would now save $560 million over the next decade. but the chicago teachers union president doesn't believe those figures. >> the actual amount of money this will cost, especially if it's done correctly, which god forbid they have never done anything correctly before in terms of school closings, this will cost almost $1 billion itself. so i don't believe any of this. rahm emanuel doesn't know the truth if it would slap him on the face. >> from chicago to detroit now, another city in financial crisis as sequestration enters its third week. michigan's head start program could be next on the shopping block. nbc's chief education correspondent rehema ellis is joining me this afternoon from detroit and rehema, with a long distance hello to you, my friend, for many students in detroit there are problems with this education system which are now magnified by the statewide economic troubles. you kn i know you were talking about this issue with the governor. >> we were, and we're going to talk about it al
school officials say they face a projected $1 billion deficit next year so they say the move would now save $560 million over the next decade. but the chicago teachers union president doesn't believe those figures. >> the actual amount of money this will cost, especially if it's done correctly, which god forbid they have never done anything correctly before in terms of school closings, this will cost almost $1 billion itself. so i don't believe any of this. rahm emanuel doesn't know the...
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see the red numbers, the county deficit is 88 million dollars and this bottom number right here, megyn, that's the average salary for the private worker in alameda county, $34,900. and now let's play your favorite game of all, megyn, guess the other administrator's salaries? in chicago would you like to take a guess what they make? >> 60,000. >> $128,000 in chicago. >> megyn: way off. >> and the largest city. in new york city, the nation's largest city, remember, she makes 422, what do they make in new york city. >> megyn: i'm going 175. >> no, 152 for new york city, megyn, not a bad guess, you're getting better and san francisco right next door to alameda county, the county administrator, city administrator makes. >> megyn: 161, 162. >> 153. and she's 62 years old and lifetime experts believe she'll live to be in her 80's. total, total. what the county owes her is going to be $9,284,000. >> megyn: unreal. how did she get -- how did this happen? like did she negotiate this? is this just, this is just the way that she got, putting aside the bonus issue? >> and she's been there 38 years,
see the red numbers, the county deficit is 88 million dollars and this bottom number right here, megyn, that's the average salary for the private worker in alameda county, $34,900. and now let's play your favorite game of all, megyn, guess the other administrator's salaries? in chicago would you like to take a guess what they make? >> 60,000. >> $128,000 in chicago. >> megyn: way off. >> and the largest city. in new york city, the nation's largest city, remember, she...
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as the city copes with a billion dollar budget deficit. for students in detroit problems with the education system are being magnified by that community's economic troubles. if you look statewide a quarter of michigan children under 17 were living in poverty in 2011. compare that to detroit where the number is more than twice that much. it is 57%, folks. nearly two in three detroit children 5 and under are below the poverty line. msnbc's correspondent joins us live from detroit where she'll cohost a summit on education today and a student town hall tomorrow. those numbers are frightening and daunting. >> they really are startling numbers. i've got my notebook with me because i'm going to school today, chris. it has a lot of people worried and concerned and working to change the dynamics of those numbers. that's what we'll be talking about here. many people are also concerned about the fact, the elephant in the room we can't dismiss that come monday the city of detroit will be under the auspices of an emergency financial manager. people sho
as the city copes with a billion dollar budget deficit. for students in detroit problems with the education system are being magnified by that community's economic troubles. if you look statewide a quarter of michigan children under 17 were living in poverty in 2011. compare that to detroit where the number is more than twice that much. it is 57%, folks. nearly two in three detroit children 5 and under are below the poverty line. msnbc's correspondent joins us live from detroit where she'll...
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this is going to be added on the deficit. they constructed a budget, that made it look as if, as obama promised, not going to cost the treasury a dime. well, the cbo says it will cost $1.3 trillion over a decade. so there is an increase in $1.3 trillion plus a dime in taxes. so that it ends up looking like it's not going to cost. but there will be increases in taxes everywhere. this one will be canceled. it's ridiculous. this is the one area, medical devices where the u.s. has tremendous advantage in technology over the rest of the world. why would you kill an industry that is so productive? so, the money will be cut. it will have to come out of taxes. the $1.3 trillion will become $1.6 trillion. it will climb. ultimately it will be a drag on the economy. i think ultimately after it hits and you get a train wreck and all the inefficiencies people will say in a couple of years, why don't we adopt a canadian system? cut out the middleman. and stop all the waste. simply have a simple system. government is completely in control a
this is going to be added on the deficit. they constructed a budget, that made it look as if, as obama promised, not going to cost the treasury a dime. well, the cbo says it will cost $1.3 trillion over a decade. so there is an increase in $1.3 trillion plus a dime in taxes. so that it ends up looking like it's not going to cost. but there will be increases in taxes everywhere. this one will be canceled. it's ridiculous. this is the one area, medical devices where the u.s. has tremendous...
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afghanistan and iraq were fought as quote emergencies, which means they weren't included in the annual deficits. so, now, when they're talking about a budget that cuts student loan programs for gi members, people coming back from iraq and afghanistan now they're not getting their student loans. because this was all fought off budget. i think that's political malpractice on the part of the republican party. they should have budgeted for this. >> well, from a congressional physician of the soul like diana degette, thank you so much. now to dr. james peterson, msnbc analyst and director of africana st studies. professor, millions oppose the war, but as you know, and i'm sure you remember, their voices were significantly marginalized. give us a sense of how that happened. >> there's a lot of context here. we have to start with the fact that the sort of american ethos in response to 9/11 was a sort of patriotism, people not in line with the government and a very war hawkish administration seemed to be anti-american. so in that environment, the voices that were speaking out against this war, but in t
afghanistan and iraq were fought as quote emergencies, which means they weren't included in the annual deficits. so, now, when they're talking about a budget that cuts student loan programs for gi members, people coming back from iraq and afghanistan now they're not getting their student loans. because this was all fought off budget. i think that's political malpractice on the part of the republican party. they should have budgeted for this. >> well, from a congressional physician of the...
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the $3.7 trillion federal budget would somehow be a bad thing to do when we have a trillion dollars deficit. >> judge jeanine: with all due respect, i understand the budget problems you want to scare people but you don't let criminals out of jail. especially people who came here illegally and have been ruled to o. r. room be the worst of the worst. how can the ice director. i want you to take a look at something else he said. >> i did not want to rob peter to pay paul and my view you is that we need to maintain the operations of the agency. i don't want to furlough people and i need to make rationale judgments across the ppas that we are given by the appropriations committee. >> judge jeanine: your response to that, mr. chairman? >> well, the is response is that we don't want peter or paul out on the streets robbing somebody else. so one of my colleagues on the committee, the subcommittee chairman made that very point. there was no need to release these folks on to the streets is. several hundred of them have been convicted of significant crimes. theft. identity theft. fraud. and so son. al
the $3.7 trillion federal budget would somehow be a bad thing to do when we have a trillion dollars deficit. >> judge jeanine: with all due respect, i understand the budget problems you want to scare people but you don't let criminals out of jail. especially people who came here illegally and have been ruled to o. r. room be the worst of the worst. how can the ice director. i want you to take a look at something else he said. >> i did not want to rob peter to pay paul and my view...
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he is up against a $327 million budget deficit. you mentioned there 14 billion with a b the, 14 billion in long-term debt. >> we can do this. i will have participated in one of the greatest turnarounds in the history of this country. >> reporter: orr has the advantage of not being elected so he can afford to be unpopular. there are five other municipalities in michigan that are under emergency management right now. one of those emergency managers told me the city council and mayor may not like it but they have only themselves to blame. jamie? jamie: you know what, mike being unpopular is one thing. under siege is another. which is it for kevyn orr? >> dynamic is created where the mayor and city council really have only one option, to comply or oppose. for the most part they oppose because that's all they're empowered to do at this stage of the game. you look at the city budget and the prediction municipal jobs en masse, the unions, afscme in particular is responding with a lawsuit. >> whole thing was a sham for the state to come in
he is up against a $327 million budget deficit. you mentioned there 14 billion with a b the, 14 billion in long-term debt. >> we can do this. i will have participated in one of the greatest turnarounds in the history of this country. >> reporter: orr has the advantage of not being elected so he can afford to be unpopular. there are five other municipalities in michigan that are under emergency management right now. one of those emergency managers told me the city council and mayor...
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make sure we have deficit reduction but don't cut too much too fast. >> dick durbin also optimistic they can move forward. as congress grapples with developing a budget it must deal with another problem that looms it has to pass a continued resolution before march 27th to avert a government shut down. heather, they go on break at the end of this week. we will see what happens. >> of course they do. they are always going on breakdown there. >>> it is time for your first degree weather update with ma r maria molina. >> maria is in the weather center tracking another storm. is that right? >> yes. a brand new storm impacting portions of the upper midwest today and we are expecting to see snow from the same system into the northeast as we height. we could be seeing significant accumulations especially across places in new england. want to start out with high temperatures. we are seeing wild disparities as far as the temperatures go. take a look at minneapolis. 30 degrees for the high temperature today. it will feel more like january than march. in san antonio you could see record heat 93 degr
make sure we have deficit reduction but don't cut too much too fast. >> dick durbin also optimistic they can move forward. as congress grapples with developing a budget it must deal with another problem that looms it has to pass a continued resolution before march 27th to avert a government shut down. heather, they go on break at the end of this week. we will see what happens. >> of course they do. they are always going on breakdown there. >>> it is time for your first...
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the average american wakes up in the morning, you tell me how he feels or she feels that deficit with the daily impact. you kind of hurt that a little bit and what the president living in that abc news interview as well. is that a new track for the democrats. >> first, they went too far with the fears of armageddon. the democrats overplayed their hand. on the other hand, it is the case that the ordinary american is in having a better life in their parents. they are worried about reform plans. they are uncertain and they are nervous. dagen: $17 trillion debt, the average american is not having the impact on the lives. >> i am disagreeing. the democrats overplayed their hand with fear. we have tepid economic growth. we are not seeing the revitalization of the economy on main street. connell: regular people -- >> so-called great rotation into stocks from bonds has not really happened to the degree people expected. a lot of ordinary people who were heavily invested in mutual funds have not come back. connell: doug, thank you. dagen: watch out for rising interest rates. that will be pain t
the average american wakes up in the morning, you tell me how he feels or she feels that deficit with the daily impact. you kind of hurt that a little bit and what the president living in that abc news interview as well. is that a new track for the democrats. >> first, they went too far with the fears of armageddon. the democrats overplayed their hand. on the other hand, it is the case that the ordinary american is in having a better life in their parents. they are worried about reform...
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a budget deficits of more than $320 million. the fire department stretched so thin it's proposed just letting vacant building burns and the city cannot afford to keep all of its streetlights on. mike tobin with the news from detroit tonight. the new emergency manager there already facing a big lack bash, -- backlash. >> he was already on the job. kevinor is his name. greeted by protesters as he walked up to city hall. protests because he has almost unrestrained power to slash the city budget. and they protest because the city council and the mayor for whom they voted have been muffled aside. >> so the right to vote -- reconstruction the very right of -- the right to vote, the right to -- a vote to count matters. detroit is the largest of six cities in michigan under emergency management. the mayor of one of those cities says you need an appointed official to come in and make the kind of cuts necessary. they would be political suicide for elected officials. >> shepard: unions obviously big there, mike and they are not happy. >> r
a budget deficits of more than $320 million. the fire department stretched so thin it's proposed just letting vacant building burns and the city cannot afford to keep all of its streetlights on. mike tobin with the news from detroit tonight. the new emergency manager there already facing a big lack bash, -- backlash. >> he was already on the job. kevinor is his name. greeted by protesters as he walked up to city hall. protests because he has almost unrestrained power to slash the city...
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dagen: it will be a while, but the good news is the budget deficit is actually declining. suggesting a decline for the next three years, so there's a little bit of time in washington to get it right. it is not as imminent, you have not done sequestration, but it is still the fed, all about the fed. what the market will be focused on is not so much when they will raise rates because that is forever into the future, but will they be skimming back the 85 billion in purchases? i don't think there will be any sign that will happen. i think it is helping the economy. connell: you agree with the policy? >> i agree with the policy, but what is propping up the stock market is the better economy. and i cannot attribute that alter the fed. a lot of people don't think the fed is doing very effective, think it works a little, but housing is coming back certain the fed is helping that, jobs, business investment more than just the fed, that is a general improvement in the overall economy, there's no question the fed kept at it. but there is more to it than just the fed. connell: good eno
dagen: it will be a while, but the good news is the budget deficit is actually declining. suggesting a decline for the next three years, so there's a little bit of time in washington to get it right. it is not as imminent, you have not done sequestration, but it is still the fed, all about the fed. what the market will be focused on is not so much when they will raise rates because that is forever into the future, but will they be skimming back the 85 billion in purchases? i don't think there...
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you think the government surplus, deficit cost over 3 trillion for the wealthiest americans and now poverty is expanding 50 million in poverty. and 40 million on food stamps. we must in fact adjust our priorities. >> we've got less than a minute less. youth getting out of college. explain to us what is going on there. >> the historical black cool edges, 15,000 student can cannot go back it school because they cannot get the fund ppg but not just them. student in oklahoma right near the student loan defaults. it is affecting student everywhere. president want more kids to graduate, more are being locked out. with trillion dollar student loan debt. and credit card debt. there must be some plan for student loan debt for giveness and prioritize education of our children makinged cancation affordable. >> all right, jeff rand jesse jackson, you always say it in a way we can get it and understand it very clearly. thank you for joining us here to knit. >> hope to see you next week. >> that's "the ed show." this is michael eric dyson in for ed schultz. hubris, the iraq war, starts now. >>> good even
you think the government surplus, deficit cost over 3 trillion for the wealthiest americans and now poverty is expanding 50 million in poverty. and 40 million on food stamps. we must in fact adjust our priorities. >> we've got less than a minute less. youth getting out of college. explain to us what is going on there. >> the historical black cool edges, 15,000 student can cannot go back it school because they cannot get the fund ppg but not just them. student in oklahoma right near...
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more than 50 chicago schools will now close as a plan to reduce the district's 1 billion-dollar budget deficit. officials say that many of those schools are half empty and that this move will save hundreds of millions of dollars. a louisiana judge is ruling that a new law that bars felons from owning guns violates that state's constitution. residents passing an amendment in november of last year, that challenged law now heads to the supreme court. now for a segment that we like to call what the hill? and you will understand why in just a second it was supposed to be money for the future but 15 years later it's just money down the drain. $24 million in federal funding was spent on a four building complex named after democratic congressman james clyburn. the problem just one building has been built and another 80 million is needed to finish it. that plan to end mail delivery on saturdays just return to served sender. congress has just passed legislation that requires saturday delivery. the postal service planned to stop saturday service lower cost after it lost $16 billion last year. the fbi is
more than 50 chicago schools will now close as a plan to reduce the district's 1 billion-dollar budget deficit. officials say that many of those schools are half empty and that this move will save hundreds of millions of dollars. a louisiana judge is ruling that a new law that bars felons from owning guns violates that state's constitution. residents passing an amendment in november of last year, that challenged law now heads to the supreme court. now for a segment that we like to call what the...
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when asked how our budget deficit should be reduced, a large majority, 65% of people said by cutting spending. when asked to choose between the budgets proposed by each party, most people pick the one more in line with the republican proposal. cutting spending and not raising taxes. but when asked when each party was trusted more, people say that they trust the democrats more. go figure. let's get an amp explanation from charlie hearst, economists at the washington times. so you have this. people seem to like the republican approach. they just don't like the republican label with it. why is that? >> i think a large degree, republicans have been snakepit. largely because of what we have seen over the last couple of years. republicans talking to the media, which is something the democrats have focused on more than anything else. including the ideas that republicans have gone four. voters are far more in line with those ideas. but i would actually argue that republicans least realize that there is a problem here and there is a real disconnect between washington and the rest of america.
when asked how our budget deficit should be reduced, a large majority, 65% of people said by cutting spending. when asked to choose between the budgets proposed by each party, most people pick the one more in line with the republican proposal. cutting spending and not raising taxes. but when asked when each party was trusted more, people say that they trust the democrats more. go figure. let's get an amp explanation from charlie hearst, economists at the washington times. so you have this....
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it will bring more revenue in than any year in the history and we'll have a trillion dollar deficit. spending is a problem. >> the senate passed a six-month budget measure yesterday that keeps most cuts in place. congress is now involved in the controversy over the washington redskins team name. a bipartisan bill which is introduced yesterday by ten lawmakers boo cancel the nfl team's trademark of the name redskins. this at the same time the federal court considers a petition by a group of knave americans to cancel the trademark. the redskins brand is not meant to offend, but apparently it does. >> i can't remember a time in my life where people haven't been discussing and debating team names like the redskins. but this is the first time i recall someone taking a business angle, talking about the trademark issue. >> it's offensive to a lot of people. think at some point they will have to change it. >> it's different than the fighting illini. this was a derogatory word in certain point in american history. it's a little bit different than -- iowa, illinois, states named after indian t
it will bring more revenue in than any year in the history and we'll have a trillion dollar deficit. spending is a problem. >> the senate passed a six-month budget measure yesterday that keeps most cuts in place. congress is now involved in the controversy over the washington redskins team name. a bipartisan bill which is introduced yesterday by ten lawmakers boo cancel the nfl team's trademark of the name redskins. this at the same time the federal court considers a petition by a group...
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is reducing the federal deficit a worthy goal in and of itself? and 85% say yes. 11% say no. it's not just john boehner who said it's not an immediate problem. paul ryan, the face of fiscal responsibility himself this past weekend on one of the sunday shows said not an immediate problem. so americans have gotten the message that it is a problem and that we should be tackling it right now, even though our lawmakers feel it can be down the road a year, five years, whatever we tackle it. >> brian: our next guest has nothing to at to this subject. so i'll move on. >> steve: he does. he's going to -- >> brian: he's coming out of his chair. solar companies were supposed to boost our economy. now evidence they might be tanking our economy. you remember solyndra that cost american taxpayers more than $500 million. turns out it may have a successor. >> steve: months after opening, the oregon based solar panel company, solo power, is facing layoffs, putting 250 million of our taxpayer dollars in jeopardy. apparently stuart varney, we learned nothing from solyndra. >> no, we have learne
is reducing the federal deficit a worthy goal in and of itself? and 85% say yes. 11% say no. it's not just john boehner who said it's not an immediate problem. paul ryan, the face of fiscal responsibility himself this past weekend on one of the sunday shows said not an immediate problem. so americans have gotten the message that it is a problem and that we should be tackling it right now, even though our lawmakers feel it can be down the road a year, five years, whatever we tackle it. >>...
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we have a budget out today that a budget that reduces the deficit, creates jobs, ensures global peace and security. t fights a good fight often without a lot of recognition but just doing a good job. not speaking today on behalf congressional black caucus. we have to hold any president ccountable in terms of checks and balances. that is part of the three ranches of government, udiciary, executive and legislati legislative. we have a duty and ensure that y to people have a voice in their guest: let government. what the house of representatives is about. written to president obama and respectfully have sked him to really justify and give us the information about the asis upon which -- legal basis -- the use of drones is engaged in as a result of efforts. we are waiting for the response from them on that. think it is important we ask any president questions as members of congress, it is our responsibility to do that and to personally continue to do that. i think that it president has image changed america's and role in the world and is phenomenal job. but that doesn't mean i won't exerci
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>> the question is, dan, are we in a situation where we have to deal with deficit reduction tomorrow or whether we can deal with it on a basis of we can get there as we deal with stimulating the economy and bringing revenue back into the economy and deal with deficit rededuction at the same time. the aus ter citerity. >> it's for the austerity. >> if you do not get ahead of this problem, this entitlement crisis, this brewing entitlement crisis, we have time. we have time to get ahead of it now. if you look what happened in europe awe -- asaying your benefits are being cut tomorrow. >> but you've got to -- >> let me finish the point! not five or ten years from now, next month, your benefit is get slashed. if you do not get ahead of this that is what awe sistusterity l like now. >> i think what is he saying, though, if you stimulate the economy and provide jobs and infrastructure it will put resources into the system because you will be creating taxpayers and you'll be making it more solvent to deal with these problems. i think that is where the disagreement is. >> i had a really incit
>> the question is, dan, are we in a situation where we have to deal with deficit reduction tomorrow or whether we can deal with it on a basis of we can get there as we deal with stimulating the economy and bringing revenue back into the economy and deal with deficit rededuction at the same time. the aus ter citerity. >> it's for the austerity. >> if you do not get ahead of this problem, this entitlement crisis, this brewing entitlement crisis, we have time. we have time to...
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you need on the one hand to deal with as you well know budget deficits and debt. and on the other hand you need to keep growth going. here's an interesting thing i saw over the weekend just briefly. the recession in greece which is actually a depression, if you line it up against the u.s. great depression in 1929, it looks a lot a like in terms of how much unemployment there is, how much the economy has contracted. greece is having our great depression of the late 1920s. >> wow. >> all right. moving on to washington now. >> a lot nicer setting. >> president obama's renewed push for a grand bargain may be showing some early signs of paying off, at least with one top republican. senator bob corker of tennessee says he could envision raising tax revenue if democrats embrace big changes to medicare and social security. corker's position on sunday puts him at odds with other members of his party, including house speaker john boehner who's ruling out the prospect of any new taxes. >> i think there, by the way, is a chance on a deal. i know the president is saying the ri
you need on the one hand to deal with as you well know budget deficits and debt. and on the other hand you need to keep growth going. here's an interesting thing i saw over the weekend just briefly. the recession in greece which is actually a depression, if you line it up against the u.s. great depression in 1929, it looks a lot a like in terms of how much unemployment there is, how much the economy has contracted. greece is having our great depression of the late 1920s. >> wow. >>...
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. >> the government is far larger than it ever has pw-rpbgs the deficits are larger, the debt is growing at record rates. >> reporter: government spending has gone up from an average of $88.2 billion spent every year in the 1980s to 1.48 trillion in the 1990s to 244 trillion in the first year of the 21 century. that helps to explain why the washington d.c. area, a region which has few natural resources and little manufacturing is now home to seven of the nation's ten richest counties. washington is home to the highest concentration of lawyers in the country. the average government work's compensation now stands at over $126,000 a year. >> in some ways the government is immune to the forces that face families and businesses all across the country who are having to tighten their belts, who very often are having to make due with the same amount this year that they had last year. government views itself as separate and immunity from all of that. >> reporter: the government deals with the country's problems by creating new programs. with any new program comes a food khaeufpb contractors, lobb
. >> the government is far larger than it ever has pw-rpbgs the deficits are larger, the debt is growing at record rates. >> reporter: government spending has gone up from an average of $88.2 billion spent every year in the 1980s to 1.48 trillion in the 1990s to 244 trillion in the first year of the 21 century. that helps to explain why the washington d.c. area, a region which has few natural resources and little manufacturing is now home to seven of the nation's ten richest...
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will they give the president a major deficit reduction victory or not? if they really believe that needs to be done and the president put something on the table that gets them significant entitlement reform and savings, i think they've got to do it. >> harold, i think the possibility of deals and immigration, possibility of deals on guns, possibility of deals on the budget, on the long-term debt, i think the possibilities are actually -- excuse me for being optimistic, pretty darn good on all fronts. you've got republicans who daily are holding press conferences wringing their hands trying to figure out how to save their party. and you have a president who, again, he's a 47%, pretty damn good considering everything. but still, he wants to be over 50% and he wants a legacy. he doesn't want to just talk about what he did the first two years. >> i agree. i believe the prospects for progress on both immigration and gun control are gun regulation. if we get progress on the budget and the debt. i think immigration and gun regulations are easier to win. if the
will they give the president a major deficit reduction victory or not? if they really believe that needs to be done and the president put something on the table that gets them significant entitlement reform and savings, i think they've got to do it. >> harold, i think the possibility of deals and immigration, possibility of deals on guns, possibility of deals on the budget, on the long-term debt, i think the possibilities are actually -- excuse me for being optimistic, pretty darn good on...
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surely not enough to fill our deficit at this point but it is going to bring back the cooler temperatures in the overnight hours with the cloud cover. we will actually see our 0 overnight lows and our morning temperatures come up. low 40s in the forecast tuesday, wednesday, thursday. unsettled weather wednesday and thursday with a bigger storm moving in for the weekend. this second system, or third system i guess we could call it, could bring us scattered showers for saturday and sunday. >>> on tuesday night the sacramento city counsel will consider throwing up a last- second shot to keep the kings from leaving town. the city has struck a daily to build a new $448 million downtown arena, and it would be the largest redevelopment project in sacramento history with up to a million and a half square feet of offices housing shops and a hotel. the city would pay $258 million with most of the money coming from the sale of bonds supported by parking revenues. >> that's part of revitalizing our downtown. that's part of completing the rest of k street. that's part of adding additional businesses t
surely not enough to fill our deficit at this point but it is going to bring back the cooler temperatures in the overnight hours with the cloud cover. we will actually see our 0 overnight lows and our morning temperatures come up. low 40s in the forecast tuesday, wednesday, thursday. unsettled weather wednesday and thursday with a bigger storm moving in for the weekend. this second system, or third system i guess we could call it, could bring us scattered showers for saturday and sunday....
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the senate bill calls for deficit reduction through increasing taxes and spending cuts and, of course, the house bill calls for steep cuts in balancing the budget within ten years. of course, some revisions to medicare as well. a lot of differences and we have another deadline coming up. the debt ceiling will have to be revisited this summer, alex. >> looking forward to that. >> reporter: yeah, we all are. >> thank you very much, kristen welker. >>> joining me right now, andy sullivan and ann palmer. ann, i'll begin with you. the president is back from the middle east. the reviews are out there. how are you getting the word in terms of how he was perceived? >> i think one of the key things you can look at is what the israeli press put out in the days following his first steps and throughout the entire visit and it was a resounding applause. he got very good praise from them. obviously from what he was trying to do was take that frosty relationship with benjamin netanyahu and try to piece it back together. he did that. it was exactly what he needed to do. there wasn't a lot of meat on
the senate bill calls for deficit reduction through increasing taxes and spending cuts and, of course, the house bill calls for steep cuts in balancing the budget within ten years. of course, some revisions to medicare as well. a lot of differences and we have another deadline coming up. the debt ceiling will have to be revisited this summer, alex. >> looking forward to that. >> reporter: yeah, we all are. >> thank you very much, kristen welker. >>> joining me right...
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but i'd like to remind the president and his allies that after $4 trillion deficits -- that would be the annual difference between what we bring in and what the government spends -- four in a row more than a trillion dollars -- after more than $1.6 trillion in tax increases, after hundreds of billions of dollars worth of new regulations, our country is mired, we are mired in the longest period of high unemployment since the great depression. that is a direct consequence of this huge debt and our creditors' lack of confidence that we're actually serious about dealing with it. indeed, many workers have simply given up on finding work, which is one reason why our labor force participation rate is now at a 32-year low. unemployment's almost 8% but that doesn't take into account the millions of people who have simply given up looking for work after a long period of unemployment. since june 2009, when the recession officially ended, median household income has fallen by more than $2,400. so instead of treading water, the average american family is seeing their buying power decrease by more
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you think our deficit is bad, they don't print that much money in the fed. we don't have that much in the system. jon: jim gray, good to talk to you. thanks, jim. jenna: breaking news out of washington, d.c. the president is officially announcing his nomination for labor secretary. his name is thomas perez. he is standing next to the president. just a few things he should know about thomas perez. assistant attorney general for the civil rights division right now. he spent a lot of time in his career focusing on consumer rights and protection as well. if he is confirmed, the process that takes place after the official no announcement he will be only latino in the president's cabinet. they need to get americans back to work as labor secretary and what kind of role considering his background mr. perez might play in immigration reform and what type of employment policies could be put in place if there is some overarching immigration reform. we'll keep you posted on the announcement. as we hear more we'll bring that to you. jon: it was ten years ago that operatio
you think our deficit is bad, they don't print that much money in the fed. we don't have that much in the system. jon: jim gray, good to talk to you. thanks, jim. jenna: breaking news out of washington, d.c. the president is officially announcing his nomination for labor secretary. his name is thomas perez. he is standing next to the president. just a few things he should know about thomas perez. assistant attorney general for the civil rights division right now. he spent a lot of time in his...
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we can't keep running up deficits like this. it will damage our economy deeply and people are saying that we don't have a crisis on the horizon. of course we do. we've got a debt that is on a tear right now. if the debt takes off like it's projected to do, it's not only hurting our economy today but destroying it for the next generation. we just can't sit around and be complicit with that. that means we have to do something about it. >> let me get your thoughts on a couple sensitive issues coming before congress. immigration reform. do you support a pathway to citizenship for the 11 or 12 million illegal immigrants in the united states? >> well, i think we can get the comprehensive immigration reform. i support reform. i supported the bush reforms in 2005 and 2006. i think we can find a way of making sure that people here with an undocumented status have an ability to adjust that status. we're not going to be able to deport 12 million people. and there is a way to do this without rewarding them for breaking the line or breaking
we can't keep running up deficits like this. it will damage our economy deeply and people are saying that we don't have a crisis on the horizon. of course we do. we've got a debt that is on a tear right now. if the debt takes off like it's projected to do, it's not only hurting our economy today but destroying it for the next generation. we just can't sit around and be complicit with that. that means we have to do something about it. >> let me get your thoughts on a couple sensitive...
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they've got a $1 billion budget deficit. so he has to do something. but the problem is, what does he do? at the beginning of the school year, some people are saying they got off easy with just 50 schools, carol. at the beginning of the school year, they said they were going to close potentially 80 to 120 schools. so it's causing issues. there's no money. also, racial issues in the city, because black alderman are saying, we got you elected and now you are closing most of these schools in black neighborhoods on the south and west sides of chicago. and you didn't listen to us. there was no consensus about which areas and which schools should be closed. so it's causing some big issues, beyond money. >> i would suspect that parents are concerned about their children's safety, too. because these children now have to be transported farther to school. they can't go in their own neighborhoods. >> and besides the issue that we have with guns, we can talk about. but, yes, safety, just outside of that issue, where are the resources going to go? which schools? in
they've got a $1 billion budget deficit. so he has to do something. but the problem is, what does he do? at the beginning of the school year, some people are saying they got off easy with just 50 schools, carol. at the beginning of the school year, they said they were going to close potentially 80 to 120 schools. so it's causing issues. there's no money. also, racial issues in the city, because black alderman are saying, we got you elected and now you are closing most of these schools in black...
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americans and biggest corporations the senate thinks some of that revenue should be used to tackle the deficit and invest in the middle class, not be used just to simply tax, cut tax rates for the rich the way that the house budget did. >> reporter: now the senate did not accept the paul ryan house budget. the patty murray budget, the senate plan will probably come up to a vote 2:00 a.m. or so. uma: 2:00 a.m. regardless how votes will go won't there be need for serious negotiations? >> reporter: no question about that the house has a very different version than the senate. the house said they would balance the budget without raising taxes. the senate is doing more spending, more taxes. so our colleague greta van susteren asked house budget chair paul ryan about next steps. >> house passed the budget. the senate is passing a budget first time we've seen that in four years. that's a good thing. the question is now can we start looking for common ground? can we started a advancing toward a compromise? the way we look at this as house republicans. we understand our budget probably won't become law
americans and biggest corporations the senate thinks some of that revenue should be used to tackle the deficit and invest in the middle class, not be used just to simply tax, cut tax rates for the rich the way that the house budget did. >> reporter: now the senate did not accept the paul ryan house budget. the patty murray budget, the senate plan will probably come up to a vote 2:00 a.m. or so. uma: 2:00 a.m. regardless how votes will go won't there be need for serious negotiations?...